I am Not Confined to My Wheelchair: How We Talk About Wheelchairs and Why it Matters

I hear it frequently, often on the news. The reporter will be speaking about someone with a disability, someone with mobility issues specifically, and they say it: the person they're covering in some frustratingly ableist story is "confined to a wheelchair." I loathe the phrase, along with "wheelchair-bound." I hit mute, because I'm tired of …